حَيْدٌ
Root: حيد
Full Definition
حَيْدٌ
A rising, or protuberant, or prominent, part of a side of a thing: so of the head; as also
حَيْدَةٌ : a knot, knob, or protuberance, of a stick or branch; [as also
حَيْدَةٌ : (AHn, TA voce بَلْطٌ, q. v.:)] a part of a strap, or thong, projecting beyond the rest: any rib, or other bone, that curves much [and is therefore prominent]: [see an ex. voce حَابٍ, in art. حبو:] a knot in the horn of a mountain-goat; or this is termed
حَيْدَةٌ : a twisted part of a horn: a twisted internodal portion of a horn: any prominence in a horn, and in a mountain, &c.: a prominent and curved part of a mountain: a projecting portion, or ledge, of a mountain, resembling a wing: pl. أَحْيَادٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and حُيُودٌ and حِيَدٌ: the حُيُود of a camel are such parts as the hips, or haunches, and thighs. You say جَبَلٌ ذُو حُيُودٍ and أَحْيَادٍ, meaning A mountain having projecting edges in its lower parts, not in its upper parts. And قَعَدْتُ
تَحْتَ حَيْدِ الجَبَلِ
I sat beneath the part of the mountain that projected like a wing.
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